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Are genetically modified foods (GMF) safe or dangerous to consume?

Results so far:

Safe
32% 36 votes Total: 114 votes
Danger
68% 78 votes
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    by Martin Michael Rose

    When the first Genetic Modification techniques were applied agriculturally to a brand of tomatoes in 1994 to cause them to grow bigger and redder, the public and consumers showe...read more

  • 2 of 8

    by Sparx

    Genetically modified foods are safe to eat. That's been established in both theory and practice for quite some time. The first genetically altered foodstuffs were developed in t...read more

  • 3 of 8

    by Ken Burnside

    We have been genetically modifying food items since the invention of agriculture. American sweet corn (more properly known as maize) is the result of hybridization between rela...read more

  • 4 of 8

    by Jacob Mack

    Only persons who are not literate in biology believe that genetically modified foods are unsafe.This is not,to say that they are not intelligent or should not be heard out,but r...read more

  • 5 of 8

    by Albert Willenborg

    Genetically modified foods are the best way to ensure a healthy food source for our consumption. The foods that are genetically modified stay fresh longer, repel insects and as ...read more

  • 6 of 8

    by Old Pearl

    Genetically Modified Foods are safe Over 3000 acres of land are under cultivation of genetically modified plants; their produce has been marketed and consumed globally almost s...read more

  • 7 of 8

    by Scott Heritage

    Genetically modified goods are perfectly safe, and are only thought of as dangerous by technophobics and people who aren't fully informed of all the facts involved. Genetic eng...read more

  • 8 of 8

    by Keith 'MyTubeVid.net'

    The Genetically Modified Organisms (What genetically modified foods are produced from) in food have never once to this day damaged a human in the form of nutrition, disease, or ...read more

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    by Catherine M

    Genetically modified foods, the title alone makes you cringe. As a biologist myself I have an excellent understanding of how these products can be altered to grow what is seen b...read more

  • 2 of 9

    by Margaret Shauers

    Genetically modifying products may be safe - the key word is "may." And I don't appreciate being a guinea pig! Meats and chickens have already been proven unsafe when anim...read more

  • 3 of 9

    by Skye

    The more we allow the government to 'manufacture' our food, the sicker we will get. People making decisions about what is and isn't okay for us to ingest don't seem to be on ou...read more

  • 4 of 9

    by Ashmin

    Little knowledge is a dangerous thing. GMF should not be grown and needless to say should not be consumed. Scientists are unable to say how the genetically modified food will ef...read more

  • 5 of 9

    by Kathryn LaVon Davis

    I've got one word but it's name has been changed to protect the innocent. Tastes like grapes and looks like an apple. What IS that? I've bought them exactly three times a...read more

  • 6 of 9

    by Rex Coker

    Genetically modified foods have been experimented with for many years now . The insight to feeding a hungry world , as their pledge . Putting steroids in to chicken feed , to ma...read more

  • 7 of 9

    by Celestine Lim

    Although one may say that GM food are beneficial to consumers in many other ways. however we should be aware of the danger of such technology. GM crops can also cause allerg...read more

  • 8 of 9

    by Bogdan Zoican

    Many people think that genetically modified food(GMF) are even more better to consume because of the perfect look of the aliments or fruits but do they really have a point? well...read more

  • 9 of 9

    by Ram Sivasubramaniam

    HEALTH AND FITNEES I am writing about Health and Fitness because it is dangerous if you dont have proper health or fitnees, because you can be i...read more

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